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Orange has 53 mapped plate readers. 53 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Dec 28, 2024 and Aug 15, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long and who can search it.
Flock cameras in Orange: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 92865 has the most (23), then 92868 (17) and 92866 (9). Mounted on, where known: 10 on poles and 2 on street lights.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | May 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92865 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Dec 28, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 5, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Oct 5, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92866 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92867 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92867 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Oct 5, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Oct 5, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: A private operator, not named | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest and south-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 21, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | May 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | May 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | May 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92868 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92869 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Jul 5, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92869 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 13, 2026 |
Near you: Flock cameras near me.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Orange
Most don't say who runs them.
- Private operators, not named 1
What the Flock cameras in Orange keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Most don't say. Tagged ones include private operators (1).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with. In California, a public agency may share only with other public agencies in the state.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. California requires one. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Orange
295 agencies can search reads from the Orange Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 30 days.
Orange Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 295
- Other organizations on its list
- 6
- Keeps each read for
- 30 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 139
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 143
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Orange
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Orange were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from December 28, 2024 to August 15, 2026. 29 of the 53 were first mapped in 2025, with 26 in October alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in Orange: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Orange?
53 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Orange, CA, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Orange?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 92865 has the most (23).
Who runs the plate readers in Orange?
Most don't say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within California law.
Which agencies around Orange use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Orange Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 53 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Orange change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in Orange, CA, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- California Civil Code §1798.90.51: the use and privacy policy rule for plate readers
- California Civil Code §1798.90.55: the rule on who a public agency may share reads with
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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